linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 00/10] sched/cpuidle: Idle loop rework

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Date:   Tue, 10 Apr 2018 09:03:43 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Thomas Ilsche <thomas.ilsche@...dresden.de>
Cc:     Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Doug Smythies <dsmythies@...us.net>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mike Galbraith <mgalbraith@...e.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 00/10] sched/cpuidle: Idle loop rework

On Monday, April 9, 2018 5:58:32 PM CEST Thomas Ilsche wrote:
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> On 2018-04-08 18:32, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > The v9 along with some cleanups suggested by Frederic on top of it and =
> with
> > ACKs from Peter (obtained on IRC) is now available from the pm-cpuidle =
> branch
> > in the linux-pm.git tree.
> >=20
> > It has been added to my linux-next branch, so it probably will be picke=
> d up by
> > linux-next tomorrow and I have a plan to push it for v4.17 in the secon=
> d half
> > of the next week unless a major issue with it is found in the meantime.=
> 
> 
> Great to hear that. Thanks for all your work.

You're very welcome!

> I'm finishing up some analysis of corner cases, but nothing major.
> So I'm glad to see this is moving along. I've been nitpicking a lot,
> but this is clearly a huge improvement and there are practical
> limitations against a theoretically perfect solution. In any case the
> changes will also make future policy adaptions much easier.

Thanks for your feedback, it would have taken much more time to get to this
point without it.

Thanks,
Rafael